3.1
155
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1918–2026
record span
4.21
mean magnitude
78
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+
Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.
Largest earthquakes
Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 08.07.1918 10:22 | 15 km | 131 km |
| 6.9 | 09.09.1923 22:03 | 15 km | 168 km |
| 6.4 | 30.03.1921 10:26 | 15 km | 187 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.1944 14:46 | 15 km | 140 km |
| 6.1 | 21.11.1997 11:23 | 41.3 km | 183 km |
| 6.0 | 30.12.1984 23:33 | 3.1 km | 160 km |
| 5.9 | 08.05.1997 02:53 | 29.4 km | 144 km |
| 5.8 | 06.02.1988 14:50 | 30.6 km | 108 km |
| 5.8 | 19.05.1945 05:02 | 35 km | 115 km |
| 5.7 | 21.06.1963 15:26 | 51.1 km | 137 km |
| 5.7 | 23.10.1926 14:30 | 15 km | 131 km |
| 5.6 | 26.07.2003 23:18 | 11.5 km | 109 km |
| 5.6 | 03.01.2017 09:09 | 34.6 km | 48 km |
| 5.6 | 27.03.1932 08:44 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 5.6 | 29.12.1950 22:35 | 15 km | 17 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 24.07.2026 17:19 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 2.9 | 27.05.2026 22:40 | 20 km | 111 km |
| 3.3 | 19.05.2026 07:01 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.2 | 09.04.2026 02:38 | 8 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 08.04.2026 17:53 | 25 km | 91 km |
| 2.9 | 04.04.2026 14:48 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 2.7 | 25.03.2026 20:22 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 2.9 | 05.03.2026 20:53 | 9 km | 78 km |
| 2.9 | 05.03.2026 02:42 | 19 km | 66 km |
| 3.1 | 04.03.2026 22:46 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 2.9 | 04.03.2026 15:18 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.8 | 04.03.2026 12:52 | 12 km | 82 km |
| 2.7 | 03.03.2026 12:44 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.0 | 18.02.2026 08:08 | 25 km | 80 km |
| 2.6 | 15.02.2026 01:08 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.9 | 04.01.2026 22:03 | 54 km | 25 km |
| 2.9 | 08.12.2025 12:06 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 23.11.2025 11:58 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 5.4 | 21.11.2025 04:38 | 28.1 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2025 14:57 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 11.04.2025 10:52 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 23.12.2024 13:34 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.6 | 24.11.2024 22:26 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.1 | 22.07.2024 17:25 | 7 km | 4 km |
| 3.0 | 06.03.2024 22:11 | 5 km | 97 km |
| 3.2 | 29.02.2024 03:21 | 30 km | 113 km |
| 3.2 | 30.01.2024 22:02 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 5.5 | 02.12.2023 03:35 | 43.2 km | 107 km |
| 4.0 | 29.08.2023 07:13 | 5 km | 120 km |
| 5.3 | 14.08.2023 14:49 | 34.5 km | 139 km |
| 3.8 | 24.07.2023 10:04 | 31 km | 26 km |
| 4.0 | 16.01.2023 20:20 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.9 | 24.10.2020 03:21 | 25 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 30.08.2020 01:47 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.8 | 17.07.2020 22:55 | 23.8 km | 109 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2020 02:27 | 23.5 km | 113 km |
| 4.2 | 24.02.2020 22:20 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 4.5 | 27.01.2020 07:10 | 19.8 km | 119 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2018 00:16 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 3.8 | 08.11.2017 04:50 | 25 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 21.07.2017 00:23 | 22.9 km | 42 km |
| 3.5 | 17.07.2017 13:24 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2017 16:40 | 96 km | 47 km |
| 4.4 | 12.02.2017 13:43 | 0 km | 64 km |
| 5.6 | 03.01.2017 09:09 | 34.6 km | 48 km |
| 4.5 | 15.11.2016 02:10 | 29.2 km | 115 km |
| 3.7 | 29.10.2015 22:15 | 42.1 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 17.08.2014 20:34 | 29 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 27.06.2014 04:47 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2014 17:40 | 31.8 km | 54 km |
| 3.9 | 28.02.2014 13:11 | 37.8 km | 39 km |
| 4.0 | 08.07.2013 03:44 | 15 km | 55 km |
| 5.2 | 02.03.2013 01:30 | 41.5 km | 117 km |
| 4.0 | 30.12.2012 08:16 | 28.5 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2012 06:01 | 45.3 km | 28 km |
| 4.5 | 25.11.2012 06:01 | 39.8 km | 29 km |
| 4.2 | 05.08.2012 06:36 | 56.8 km | 109 km |
| 3.2 | 01.01.2012 02:35 | 32.5 km | 33 km |
| 4.6 | 01.01.2012 02:35 | 27.8 km | 32 km |
| 4.0 | 22.07.2011 00:58 | 43.7 km | 94 km |
Method and sources
- What this page counts
- An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
- Location precision
- Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
- Magnitude scales
- The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
- Deduplication
- The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
- Updates
- Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
- Sources
- USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
- Reporting an error
- If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.